The Dreikönigsgymnasium ("Tricoronatum", meaning "Three Kings School", sometimes referred to in English as the College of the Three Crowns) is a regular public Gymnasium located in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1450 by the city of Cologne, it is the oldest school in Cologne and one of the oldest in Germany. In 1556 it was transferred to Jesuit control through the son of the mayor, who had become a Jesuit. The Jesuits continued to run the school until 1778, when control was restored to the city after the papal suppression of the Jesuits of 1773.
Notable alumni
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (1545–1617) was a Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
Dietrich von Fürstenberg (1546–1618), Prince-Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paderborn Erycius PUTEANUS (1574-1646), Historiographe - Professor consilliarus - Venlo Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1592–1666), Jesuit missionary to China Maximilian Henry of Bavaria (1621-1688), Archbishop-Elector of Cologne Franz Egon of Fürstenberg (1626–1682), Imperial Count Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg (1629–1704), prince of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg Theodor Schwann (1810–1882), physiologist Adolph Kolping (1813–1865), Catholic priest Carl Schurz (1829–1906), German revolutionary, American statesman and reformer, and Union Army general Wilhelm Marx (1863–1946), Chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic Fritz Schramma (born 1947), Mayor of Cologne Peter Kohlgraf (born 1967), Bishop of Mainz Daniel Brühl (born 1978), Actor
Notable faculty
Francis Coster (1532–1619), Jesuit theologian
Georg Ohm (1789–1854), Physicist
Justus Velsius
Friedrich von Spee (1591–1635), Jesuit, poet and opponent of Witch trials
Peter Wust (1884–1940), Philosopher
References
External links
Homepage of the Dreikönigsgymnasium Köln (in German)